Extravagance. Matthew 26:6-13, Every child is my child. Every child is His child. Over 130 children shot dead. No mercy. Innocence snuffed out for no reason except revenge. Hate. Such evil.
How was it allowed to happen? I always have to look at Jesus and the cross. He knew the woman was anointing Him for what was to come. We look at the ointment and say, how extravagant! It was the best she had to give. She had bought it for herself, but she saw and felt something in Him that went way beyond any extravagance she would ever give. He came as a baby--a child. A mother's child. They would have killed Him too, chopped Him to pieces. No mercy. That child was my child. From the womb that was my child. Why do we kill children before they have a chance to show us how they could change the world? No mercy. Why is it so different if we chop them to pieces in the womb or in the classroom? I can't turn my eyes away. All precious in His sight. His - mine.
How wasteful we are. We are wasteful with the gift of life. Save the trees, do away with pollution. Make laws to clean up our water and air. Pass laws to kill our children! Where is mercy? He came as a baby, He died as a man. He called Himself Son of man. Innocence snuffed out. But was it? The world still wants to snuff Him out. God doesn't allow things for no reason at all.
We will someday have an answer. For now, we trust in the one who lives in us and through us. The One they thought they killed. God showed mercy on a world that showed none. Someday we'll know as we have been known. Keep your eyes on the Giver of life. Till then, may our God give us the gift of faith and trust and grace. Romans 8:28.
We trust in your presence and word. Greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world. Psalm 100:5. Mercy! His mercy is everlasting! Psalm 107:8-9
In His Love, a work in progress
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